Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 15:49:25 12/14/05
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On December 14, 2005 at 18:00:38, Drexel,Michael wrote: >On December 14, 2005 at 17:37:10, Thomas Logan wrote: > >>In any case they cannot claim they have beaten the best when >> >>they have not faced the latest Zappa, Fritz, Fruit, Rybka >> >>and engine x if it should not be one of the above >> >>Tom > >It is obiously very risky to participate. Hydra can always lose a single game >against these programs. >Even the superior hardware can´t help if you have some bad luck and get into the >wrong type of positions. > >[Event "playchess.com"] >[Site "?"] >[Date "2005.??.??"] >[Round "?"] >[White "Deep Junior 9"] >[Black "Hydra"] >[Result "1-0"] >[ECO "D43"] >[PlyCount "107"] > >1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. >Qxc4 Nd7 9. g3 Be7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Qf5 12. Rac1 e5 13. e3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qg6 >15. Ne4 Rd8 16. f4 a5 17. f5 Qh7 18. Rcd1 Re8 19. a4 Ne5 20. Qb3 Bb4 21. f6 g6 >22. h3 Bd7 23. g4 Rad8 24. Kh1 Bc8 25. Qc2 Qh8 26. Qe2 Bf8 27. Rf2 Rd7 28. Qc2 >Rd5 29. Kg1 h5 30. g5 Bb4 31. Rf4 Nd7 32. Kh2 Nb6 33. Rh4 Rdd8 34. Qb3 Rd7 35. >Ng3 Rd6 36. Re4 Rf8 37. Nge2 Rd5 38. h4 Bg4 39. Rc1 Rdd8 40. Nf4 Nd5 41. Rf1 >Nxf4 42. exf4 Qh7 43. Nf3 Ra8 44. Rxb4 axb4 45. Ne5 Rab8 46. Qxb4 Rfd8 47. Rc1 >Kh8 48. Re1 Kg8 49. a5 Bf5 50. Bf1 Be6 51. Bc4 c5 52. Qxc5 Rbc8 53. Qe7 Re8 54. >Qxb7 1-0 Since Hydra is not like the commercial programs (e.g. it's not something for sale) I am not sure what they have to lose. For commercial systems like Fritz, I can see why they would come (if they think they have good chances to win) or stay away (if they think they have good chances to lose) but for a giant pile of custom hardware that is for a single group to monkey around with, I do not see why they should be afraid. They can't lose any sales because Hydra is not a machine that is for sale. Mabye in the future they will sell Hydra boards or something. But I see a clean separation between those things.
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